Koonung Secondary College - Houses

Houses

The four houses/school teams and associated colours are;

  • Conder (Yellow/gold)
  • McCubbin (Green)
  • Roberts (Red)
  • Streeton (Blue)

Each year these houses compete in athletics, cross-country and swimming carnivals. 2010 saw the introduction of lunchtime house activities such as "House Warball" and music concerts that were introduced by the very strong student leadership team of 2010. The houses take their names from Charles Conder, Frederick McCubbin, Tom Roberts and Arthur Streeton, notable artists of the Box Hill artists' camp and Heidelberg School movement.

The original house teams were: Thames (red), Shannon (green), gold (?) and blue (?) named after local streets in the Box HIll area.

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